A multi-focus image fusion method based on Laplacian pyramid

Journal of Computers

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2559-2566

  Wang, Wencheng ^a,b   Chang, Faliang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEIFANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gaussian pyramid; Image fusion; Laplacian pyramid; Multi focus image

Indexed keywords

FUSED IMAGES; FUSION RULE; FUSION STRATEGIES; GAUSSIAN PYRAMIDS; LAPLACIAN PYRAMID; MULTIFOCUS IMAGE FUSION; MULTIFOCUS IMAGES; MULTIRESOLUTION SIGNAL DECOMPOSITION; REGION ENERGY; REGION INFORMATION; SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS; SOURCE IMAGES;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE FUSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

EID: 83455163658     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcp.6.12.2559-2566     Document Type: Article

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